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After a long and eagerly anticipated wait; Nintendo have revealed a few hours ago that Mother (in Japan) will be released in America & Europe under the title; Earthbound: Beginnings.

During the pre-show for the Nintendo World Championships which are still currently taking place as I type; Nintendo officially revealed that for the anniversary of Mother in Japan, Nintendo would be releasing Ness’ first adventure in Europe and North America for the first time ever under the title Earthbound: Beginnings which is actually seeing release sooner than many thought with the game releasing today at 6pm Pacific Time.

The game originally released on the Famicom (NES) will be released via the Wii U Virtual Console and will be fully localized in English.

The game was introduced by Shigesato Itoi; the original creator and you can check out the trailer below.

Earthbound: Beginnings will be available later today at 6pm Pacific Time on the Nintendo eShop via Wii U Virtual Console.

So what do you think? Are you happy to see Ness make another appearance on the Wii U Virtual Console? Do you still want another Earthbound game? Would you like to see Mother 3 come to European and American Virtual Console? Be sure to let us know in the comments section below and be sure to stay tuned to UGNN for all your gaming news and reviews and be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Also don’t forget that we will be covering all the big news at E3 so be sure to stay tuned for that in the days to come.